over-elaborate

Such a guide would be welcome, but the proposed guidelines seemed over-elaborate.
Un tel guide serait utile mais les directives proposées semblent trop sophistiquées.
Something I don't like is using a lot of lighting or over-elaborate sets.
Il y a quelque chose qui ne me plait pas, c'est d'utiliser beaucoup d'éclairage ou des plateaux très élaborées.
I am concerned about the potential for over-elaborate administrative requirements: too many people being involved in the certification and eligibility procedures.
Je crains que les exigences administratives ne s'avèrent trop compliquées, trop de personnes étant impliquées dans les procédures de certification et d'éligibilité.
I have to regret that one rapporteur has chosen to introduce too much detail in amendments and tried to over-elaborate some of the measures, for example, the question of the detail demanded on energy bills.
Je regrette qu'un des rapporteurs ait décidé de trop détailler les amendements et essayé de trop compliquer certaines des mesures, comme le détail des factures d'électricité.
This does not mean superimposing policies, establishing an over-elaborate, over-complicated framework, but creating synergies so that the European Neighbourhood Policy can mean the strengthening of the general structure of the partnership policy or the Euro-Mediterranean association.
Il ne s'agit pas de superposer des politiques, en créant un cadre trop élaboré, trop compliqué, mais d'élaborer des synergies pour que la politique européenne de voisinage permette de consolider la structure générale de la politique de partenariat ou d'association euro-méditerranéenne.
Although it's well written, the plot of the short story is over-elaborate.
Bien que ce soit bien écrit, l'intrigue de la nouvelle est très alambiquée.
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